Jackpot!!

I didn't win any. But, if you are reading this, you sure did!! I've been busy with my exams lately. So, to compensate for not posting all this while, I'l be posting some mnemonics often starting from the 1st of Feb, throughout the month. Too long a wait. But, my exams will finish mid-Jan and I need a hell lotta rest after it.
Be patient! Stay tuned!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Which one are you?

Social Media- I'm an addict creator!

I didn't join Instagram and Pinterest until a few weeks back, and I was completely hooked in less than 24 hours. The telltale signs of addiction that I can see in myself- in the minutes and hours post-upload I found myself maniacally checking comments and likes as if my life depended on it.

And posting original photos makes me a "creator".

I love how instagram brings real moments from around the world into my world, all through a small screen. And why Pinterest?

This is how I'm wasting my time, when I should be pinned to the books and uploading bookish info into my brain.

If you are a fellow social media addict, you can find me pinning away as zzeher and 'gramming away as zzeher.

Gunners Special #2

# WHEN A GUNNER PRE-MED COMES TO GET ADVISE ON HOW TO DO WELL IN MED SCHOOL

It's like:

# WHEN A GUNNER EXPLAINS SOMETHING TO ME

It's like:

# WHEN A GUNNER STARTS ARGUING WITH A LECTURER

I'm just like:

Don't know when I'l be back again...

Even though I am not preparing for my exams, I don't think I'll be able to post often. Blogger has been acting a bit crazy these days.
Till then, to increase your knowledge and basics I'l leave you with
1) A physiology tutor
2) A pathology tutor

In the meanwhile,BE BARFI !!!

Lost

Apologies to all readers for no posts for a long time. I have had a traumatic couple of weeks.

• I had my CVS Block exam almost a month back. 
• Finished with my Renal/Electrolyte Block exam yesterday. Sigh!!

It's not yet over. I'l still be going through a really rough patch right now with Reproductive/Endrocrine Block exam just a month away and just before Dashain starts. And also my Basic Science finals are starting at the last week of December and will last till Makar Sankranti.

TRYING TO MAKE UP WITH THE NEVER ENDING EXAMS

No Christmas! No New Year! It's not that I celebrate any, but the mere thought of studying at the peak of winters and giving dangerous Vivas on the day of my birthday seems pretty scary. But, just the very thought of getting 6 months of vacation after the exams makes this effort worth it!

I'm sure I'll be back in blogging form eventually...Oh, and hey! Did I mention I got LASIK Yeah! So,this is my first blog post without glasses/ contacts. What freedom! It's been lovely not having to fuss around with them. It feels great to wear sunglasses anytime that I want to. And since I read a lot about apocalypse and stuffs, now I'm not scared of losing my glasses --> not being able to see ---> DIE!

Gunners Special

# HOW GUNNERS REACT TO LECTURERS

Case 1: If they agree with the prof.

Case 2: If they don't

 # WHEN A GUNNER RAISES HIS HAND TO ASK ANOTHER QUESTION

The rest of the class is like..

Truth about Lectures- Fun!

#1. I like it how it nicely sums up absolutely everything you need to know about med school lectures

#2. When the lecturer starts a sentence with, as you already know

#3. Whenever the lecturer says- Don't worry, this won't be on the exam.

       But then, I'm just like

#4. During the fourth lecture of the morning

It's time for Stupid Jokes!

Tomorrow is my GI Block exam.  Um, yeah.  What better way to celebrate a tedious day of studying than a few cringe-worthy jokes?

Q: How do medical students feel the night before their GI exam?
A: Shitty

Q: What do you call it when your diarrhea is gone?
A: Gonorrhea

Q: What do you call the crisis that is happening worldwide from eating contaminated water or undercooked meat?
A: Global Worming

Q. What should you call me if I actually learn this material and ace the test?
A: GI Vishakha

Q: What should you do if you're writing dumb jokes when you should be studying for your GI exam?
A: B. cereus

And today in the dissection hall..

* GI system assessment is just a week away*
Me: This dissection is so sad. I don't know what any of this stuff is!
* After a while*
Me: Check this out! This cadaver doesn't have a J shaped stomach, like it's shown in the book.
* Students gather*
Student M: It's not J shaped because it is not a stomach.
Me: Oh, Cool! This is turning out to be even more interesting, this man lived all these years without a stomach?
Student S: This is pancreas.
And I'm just like:

Oh! BTW, I had missed the previous dissection in which they cut off the J shaped stomach

Assortment of Dissection Feelings

# When you pass the under-preserved cadaver in lab

#When I make the mistake of describing my dissection to my non-med school friends or even family

They're just like

# When I realize "that" slimy feeling is because there's hole in my gloves
I'm just like

# When I accidentally cut a nerve, but then reconstruct it from fascia

I'm just like

# During dissection, some one asks whether we should cut the vessel or not

And I'm like " Let's try it!"

Nobel-Prize Winning Idea!

Med School In Graph

Source:  AP

Hallelujah

We had our first OSCE exams last wednesday, of which the results were out yesterday. I managed to pass. A narrow escape! Pheww! I didn't want this OSCE to be the first exam causing my first academic failure*. And also I'm the topper amongst the international students**.

During Exams

 After Exams

And yeah, I still don't understand why the Anatomy Department thought of naming the test as OSCE. It was not even related to it. Though we had 20 stations, 2minutes for each station, it was basically spotting stuffs in the dissected cadavers. But, I passed!!! Apparently, I am not horrible.

*This doesn't make me sound like a nerd, does it?
** In a class of 60 students, we are 6 international students. So, I am ahead of at least 10% of my classmates.

It's all about Food and Shit!

So, we're done with lungs and moving onto digestion!(LOL) digestive system. By far I'm not hating it but, this is clearly A Whole Other World from the easier pulmonary section, which could be easily recapped as "Pressure = 1/Volume" and "Smoking Kills".

Who knows what the motto for digestive will be. But for now, I just came to know about a not-so-famous notorious essay "Fart Proudly" written by the famous Benjamin Franklin.*

*Who knows you get this question on the next season of Kaun Banega Crorepati, and you might as well thank me for this.*

Dose of Motivation!

One of the greatest reflection on life, I've ever heard: Steve Job's commencement speech to Stanford in 2005.

Off I go, connecting the dots!

Android M.B.B.S. Apps

As a medical student 15 years ago, the student's "peripheral brain" consisted of fat textbooks sitting on office bookshelves or smaller, spiral-bound references stuffed into the bulging pockets of their lab coat. These were then replaced with programs loaded onto PDAs. Today, smartphone apps allow health professionals at all levels to access the most up-to-date medical resources such as drug references, disease-risk calculators, and clinical guidelines—anytime, anywhere.

If you don't have an Iphone. Well, you don't have an Iphone.

But,I have an android. :D Catching up with the android rage, I tried many android apps on my Samsung Galaxy. I got some  free apps for medical students , which I personally found to be useful in some context or the other.

1.  Dorland's Medical Dictionary

It is the most comprehensive dictionary containing approximately 40,000 entries and 350 illustrations and provides authoritative, concise definitions for a wide range of terms used in the health sciences. Though the free app is a trial version, you can uninstall and re-install the app after the 7 days of trial period.

2. Medscape

It is a great drug reference app and also a mini-textbook packed with protocols for disease pathology, great for a quick reference and refreshing you medical knowledge. The application contains 7,000+ drug references, 3,500+ disease clinical references, 2,500+ clinical images and procedure videos, robust drug interaction tool checker, CME activities, and more. I am in love with this app. It's the best and a must have!

3. Eponyms
These are the people who discovered a disease, pioneered a treatment, or invented a test, and later had their work named after them. In offline mode, a little info about the eponym is given. If you have data connectivity, you can look up details in google or wikipedia.

4.Skyscape

It is an all-in-one high-quality app, available on all Android OS versions. For users of older Android versions, skyscape is a fair replacement for Medscape. RxDrugs, Archimedes (Medical Calculator), Outlines in Clinical Medicine and MedAlert are available for free.

5. Evernote

It is a great organization tool which allows you to access and read your PDF documents on the go. Adding pictures to notes is an additional amazing feature which can help keep track of notes for future reference. Above all, you can sync these notes across computers and other devices you use.

6. Med Mnemonics Lite
The free version contains mnemonics of Anatomy, Pharmacology, Internal Medicine and Cardiology. I'm not sure if the paid app is worth the price though.

7. Wikidroid
I don't care what the health information librarians say, wiki is still an easy and quick way to look up answers. User friendly interface- quick and easy navigation. Save page for offline viewing feature.

Edit: For people like me who absolutely need mnemonics to remember certain things you could try using scrabble word finder to quickly make up the mnemonic. I enter the first alphabet of the points I need to remember and then select the word I am familiar with out of the given options. Obviously, this helps more when you have more vowels. Now you can save your precious time at least a few times!

If you have any other app that you find useful, leave a comment below and help others! 

Anatomy Mnemonics

UPPER LIMB

# Bones of the Wrist- Carpal Bones
   Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate (lateral to medial)
   @She's Looks Too Pretty. Try To Catch Her.

   Trapezium: Near the thumb (Rhyming!)
   Trapezoid: Inside

# The SITS muscles make up the rotator cuff
    Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres minor, Subscapularis

# Radial Nerve innervates the BEST
   Brachioradialis, Extensor, Supinator, Triceps

# Elbow: Muscles that flex it
   The three B's that Bend the ElBow
   Brachialis, Biceps, Brachioradialis

# Branches of Axillary Artery
@ Screw The Lawyer. Save A Patient.
Superior thoracic artery, Thoraco-acromial artery, Lateral thoracic artery
Subscapular artery, Anterior humeral cirumflex artery, Posterior humeral circumflex artery

HEAD AND NECK

# Cranial Nerve: To remember what cranial nerve is Motor, Sensory, or Both use this ( In order from CN I to CN  XII):
   @Some Say Marry Money, But My Brother Says Bad Boys Marry Money


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